Shakespeare and his Theater

Shakespeare and his Theater
Compared to the technical theaters of today, the London
public theaters in the time of Queen Elizabeth I seem to be
terribly limited. The plays had to be performed during daylight
hours only and the stage scenery had to be kept very simple with
just a table, a chair, a throne, and maybe a tree to symbolize a
forest. Many say that these limitations were in a sense
advantages. What the showed first 75 words of 566 total

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Many plays included passages of subtle poetry, of deep
philosophy, and scenes of terrible violence. Shakespeare was an
actor as well as a playwright, so he new well what his audience
wanted to see. The company's offered as many as thirty plays a
season, customarily changing the programs daily. The actors thus
had to hold many parts in their heads, which may account for
Elizabethan playwrights' blank verse writing style.